Day in Pictures, March 3, 2014

By By Mike Moffitt

on March 3, 2014 3:16 PM

Photo: Travis Corlis, AFP/Getty Images

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I can't believe I ate the whole thing: A snake with a huge appetite attempts to swallow a crocodile at Queensland's Lake Moondarra in Australia. It took hours, but the water python finally gulped down the croc in front of amazed onlookers. less

I can't believe I ate the whole thing: A snake with a huge appetite attempts to swallow a crocodile at Queensland's Lake Moondarra in Australia. It took hours, but the water python finally gulped down the croc ... more

Photo: Travis Corlis, AFP/Getty Images

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Nurses at the ready: Medical personnel are on the scene at the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade in case anyone requires emergency treatment.

Nurses at the ready: Medical personnel are on the scene at the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade in case anyone requires emergency treatment.

Photo: Brendon Thorne, Getty Images

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Invasion causes a fuehrer: Ukrainians and Poles rally in front of the Russian embassy in Warsaw
against Russian military action in the Crimean peninsula.

Invasion causes a fuehrer: Ukrainians and Poles rally in front of the Russian embassy in Warsaw against Russian military action in the Crimean peninsula.

Spring is right around the corner: A visitor takes a picture of a white plum tree in bloom at the Yushima
Tenjin shrine in Tokyo.

Spring is right around the corner: A visitor takes a picture of a white plum tree in bloom at the Yushima Tenjin shrine in Tokyo.

Photo: Shuji Kajiyama, Associated Press

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Pack a shack: Eric Marquardt puts his shoulder into his ice shack as he and Jeff Schaefer
slide it onto a trailer and off Lake Wausau in Wausau, Wis. Monday was the deadline for
removing such structures from Wisconsin's inland waters. less

Pack a shack: Eric Marquardt puts his shoulder into his ice shack as he and Jeff Schaefer slide it onto a trailer and off Lake Wausau in Wausau, Wis. Monday was the deadline for removing such structures ... more

Tortured soles: A Buddhist devotee dashes barefoot through flames during the Nagatoro
Hi-Matsuri, or fire-walking ritual, at the Fudoji temple in Nagatoro, Japan. The ritual
heralds the coming of spring as well as purifying the mind and body. less

Tortured soles: A Buddhist devotee dashes barefoot through flames during the Nagatoro Hi-Matsuri, or fire-walking ritual, at the Fudoji temple in Nagatoro, Japan. The ritual heralds the coming of spring ... more

Watch me make a rabbit disappear: Rex, a supposedly psychic saltwalter crocodile, jumps
out of the pond to gobble a rabbit at Wildlife Sydney Zoo in Sydney. By choosing the
rabbit over a rooster, Rex predicted the Rabbitohs would beat the Roosters in a
National Rugby League match. less

Watch me make a rabbit disappear: Rex, a supposedly psychic saltwalter crocodile, jumps out of the pond to gobble a rabbit at Wildlife Sydney Zoo in Sydney. By choosing the rabbit over a rooster, Rex ... more

Stuck in the ruff: Sand traps are the least of David Klein's worries after missing the
freeway on the 18th hole of the New Zealand Open at The Hills Golf Club in Queenstown, New
Zealand. (The "wolves" are part of an art installation.) less

Stuck in the ruff: Sand traps are the least of David Klein's worries after missing the freeway on the 18th hole of the New Zealand Open at The Hills Golf Club in Queenstown, New Zealand. (The "wolves" ... more

Photo: Phil Walter, Getty Images

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Three dogs and a baby: Huskies and a musher-in-training peek out of the dog kennels on Dallas Seavey's truck before the start of the Iditarod in Willow Lake, Alaska. The little girl is Seavey's daughter, Annie.

Three dogs and a baby: Huskies and a musher-in-training peek out of the dog kennels on Dallas Seavey's truck before the start of the Iditarod in Willow Lake, Alaska. The little girl is Seavey's daughter, Annie.

Photo: Marc Lester, Associated Press

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